2/27/2008 @ 10:00PM

48 Heroes of Philanthropy

Great fortunes are being made in Asia, and those fortunes are increasingly earmarked for philanthropy. Hong Kong’s Li Ka-shing has pledged to leave one-third of his $32 billion fortune to charity. Anil Agarwal has committed $1 billion toward creating a new university in India. Yang Huiyan, China’s richest person, and her father, Yeung Kwok Keung, donated $32 million to charities last year, making them the country’s biggest givers.